Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes and Robin Gaby Fisher
It is super weird to say you're a true-crime fan. What exactly is there to be a fan of? There are layers and layers of grossness and weirdness. The story-telling can be exploitative and callous. Someone's pain is being mined for entertainment. That being said, I am a consumer of true-crime … [Read more]
Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King
Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer is a sweet, sex-positive collection of essays by Rax King. The author frames each essay as "about" a particular pop cultural artifact -- Hot Topic, America's Next Top Model, the Cheesecake Factory -- and uses that as a jumping-off point for … [Read more]
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
I grew up, and still live, in a state with a significant population of Mormons. There are particular towns where many of the families share the same few names and it is not uncommon to see wedding announcements with the bride and groom having the same last name. In the way of small towns everywhere, … [Read more]
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
This was such a strange little book! I think I liked it? But maybe I didn’t fully understand it – or at least what it was trying to do? Our unnamed narrator seemingly has it all – she’s pretty, thin, Columbia grad, and wealthy enough that she doesn’t really need her job at a hot art gallery. … [Read more]
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
This took a while for me to get going. Some parts of it dragged out a bit too much. I also think the breaking up of chapter/sections by dates and following certain characters sometimes got a little confusing. That said, I really enjoyed this and though some of Lily's family background didn't add … [Read more]
Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert
I was asked why I wanted to read Katee Robert's Wicked Beauty and I said it was because I wanted to see a Helen who wasn't a pawn, and definitely a Helen who got better partners than Paris and Menelaus. Wicked Beauty delivers that with a Helen who is determined to dictate her own future, and finds … [Read more]
